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A crowded indoor photograph in a plain cream-walled room with a wooden framed doorway and window grille. Packed tightly around the centre, many people press in and reach toward each other, some with raised arms. A young girl in a turquoise dress is held up on the left. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in a rust-red cloth with a rudraksha mala and an orange sash stands beside a woman in a white sari with a red border. On the right, a smiling person with long hair wears a red-orange robe and a beaded rudraksha mala, with a hand raised toward the group. Several people in orange and saffron garments stand among the crowd.

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June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24A crowded indoor room with pale yellow walls, a ceiling fan, and wooden framed doors with glass panels. A tightly packed crowd of men and women presses together, many smiling or reaching forward. A young girl in a turquoise dress is held up on a man's arm at centre. On the right, a bald man in an orange-saffron cloth reaches out with his arm extended toward the crowd, wearing a red garment and rudraksha-style beads. A small person in an orange robe stands in the far doorway.2014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesA crowded indoor room in a house visit during the Tamil Nadu Vijaya Yatra, with many people seated and standing close together. In the foreground, a figure holds up a silver trident (trishul) toward the group. A woman in a white saree with gold border holds a small child in orange clothing, while other women wear saffron and orange saris and rudraksha malas, and men wear white shirts and dhotis, some with saffron shawls. A young woman in a white saree with folded hands sits at lower left beside a man in orange with a rudraksha mala. Many people are gathered in a domestic setting with cream walls and a wooden window grille at right.2014-06-24A crowded indoor room with peach walls, a ceiling fan and a wooden door during a pada puja at a devotee's house. A bald man in an orange-and-saffron dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands at the centre-right, bending forward, and several women in saris, including one in a red sari and another in green and gold, press their hands together or reach toward the scene. Standing men in white shirts and the crowd of devotees surround the group, with garlands and folded palms visible in the foreground.2014-06-26A crowded room with pink walls, a red arched niche, and framed posters on the wall. In the foreground, a seated figure in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a long dark braid receives devotees, hands raised in a gesture of blessing. Around them, a crowd of devotees reaches forward: men in white shirts and dhotis with sandalwood marks, women in saris, and a baby in a pink dress held up in front. A young girl in white leans in with joined palms, and a man in a cream shirt offers something from a plate. Garlands of orange marigolds hang along the right wall, and a person in white stands near a table of offerings with a silver vessel. The scene suggests a darshan or blessing in a small temple room.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24A photograph inside a plain yellow-walled room during a house visit. Several saffron-robed monastics stand at centre; one in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala reaches out to touch a woman's hand. Nearby, a monk in a reddish-brown shawl and gold-bordered dhoti holds a hand out, and a young monk in orange with a red and white flower garland is at right. A woman in orange holds a white jasmine garland and smiles, while a toddler holds two oranges. A man in white, with a red-and-white garland, leans in at left. Onlookers crowd the doorway, and a photographer with a camera stands behind a white air cooler. A man in orange with a rudraksha mala sits at lower right. Garlands, a rudraksha mala and a white jasmine garland are visible.2014-06-24Crowded indoor room with cream walls and a ceiling fan. A woman in a red saree with a white-and-red garland is smiled at and touched by devotees; a woman in orange robes with rudraksha beads reaches toward her. A man in a white shirt with a camera on his shoulder films from a doorway. A framed portrait of an older man with a garland hangs on the left wall. Many onlookers in saris and shirts press closely around.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copies